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COMD 2050Exam 3, Spring 2009 Nam e ID #

Write your full name (first, middle initial,and last name) on this test and the scantron. Write and bubbleyourname, last namefirst on thescantronand please includeyour midd le initial with your name whenyou bubblthe scantron. Bub ble yo ur answers on the scantron with a #2 pencil. Select the best answer for each quesfill in the corresponding ovalon your scantron. Each questionis worth 2 points, for a total of 100 points. Youmust turn in both the scantron and the test. Remember to put your full name on your scantron.

Language and the brain1. A slip-of-the-tongueresultingin a tangled expression suchas "tup of kea" is called a:a) lexicon b) synonym c) malapropism(^dj-spoonerism

2. A similar sound ing, but incorrect word produced by someone experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phen ois calleda: /---)a) lexicon b) synonym /cWialapropism d) spoonerism

3. Most people havea right ear advantagefo r language becausethe righthemisphereof the brain is dominantfo rlanguage. a)true bVralse

most likely reason that"Genie" never developed complex syntaxwas due toaj-minimal exposureto language priorto the "critical period"

" " D . )minimal exposureto print/books priorto the "critical period"c.) she was born without aleft cerebral hemisphered.) she wasborn w ithouta rightcerebral hemisphere

5. The lobe is important for persona lity, planning, and decision mak ing.a) temporal b) parietal c) frpfital d) occipital

6. is characterizedby slow; effortful, telegraphic,non fluent speech and usually only m ild problemsunderstanding speech. / a) Broca's aphasia b) Wernicke'saphasia c) Con duction aphasia

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7. The lobe is responsiblefo r vision. a) temporal b) parietal c) frontal / (^occipital

8. The - -- ^ . lobe is importantfor hearing and theprocessingof both auditoryan d visual input./a) temporal b) parietal c) frontal d) occipital1-~.-"""

9. is characterizedby fluent speech th at doesnot make sense.a) Broca'saphasia b) ,Wernicke'saphasia c) Conduction aphasia

First language acquisition10. When do children typically babble? ^ ^

a) 0-3months b) 3-5months /c) 6-4Imonths d) 12-18 mon ths

11. The beginning of the two-w ord stage seems to coincide w ith an increase in the size of thechild's vocabularybeyond words.

a) 10 ( b),50 c) 100 d) 1000

12. When do childrentypically-enterthe 1-word/holophrasticspeech stage?a) 6-9 months /b) 1 -18 months c) 18-24 months d) 24-36 months

13. What are the first recognizable soundstypicallyproduced during the cooing stage?a)/t, d, a, e/ b) /p , b, i, a/ fyf)fL,g,\,ul d)/s , z, e, o/

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14. Speech thatis characterizedby simplifiedwords an d sentence structures, repetition,frequent questions,andexaggerated intonation .

a) caretaker speech b) true languag e c) m orpholo gy d)holophrastic

15. Children's utterances duringthe telegraphic speech stage contain whichof thefollowingparts of speech: a) adjectives and adverbs b) noun s and pronou ns

c) noun s and verbs d) conjun ctions and prepositions

16. Which of the following inflectional morphemesis almost always acquired last?a) regular plurals b) third person singular present tense"-s"c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

17. Which of the following inflectional morphem esis usually acquired first?a) regular plurals b) 3rd person sin gular presen t tense"-s" c) past tense d) present progressive"-ing"

18. Children tendto overextend wordsat first and then gradually narrow downthe application of each word.a) true b) false

Second language acquisition19. A conscious process of accum ulating know ledge of the vocabulary and gram m ar of a language is cal

a) syntax b) acquisition c) assimilation d) learning

20. Children seemto be m ore constrainedby affective filtersin L2 acquisition than adults.a) true b) false

21. The nam e of a barrier to L2 learning /acquisition (EX:fear of m aking a m istake, stress) that results in neg afeelingsor experiences.a) negative input b)affective filter c) interference d)negotiatedoutput

22. Oneimportant difference between modern methodsof teaching foreign languagesand older approacheslike

the grammar-translation methodis :a) toleration of errors b) teaching gram m atical rules c) learning vocabu lary d) practice

23 . Which of the followin g foreign-langu age teaching methods em phasizes written rather than spoken langa) comm unicative approach b) audiolingual method c) grammar-translationmethod

24. A native speakerof Englishwho is strugglingto learn Russian because English marks grammatical functusing w ord order while Russian uses inflectional endingsis experiencing:a) assimilation b) negotiated input c) positivetransfer d) negative transfer

25. Developing basic pragmaticskills, such as conventionsof politeness, in a second languageis called:

a) grammatical competence b) sociolinguistic competence c) affective competence

Sign language26. What typeof sign languageis ASL? a) alternate b) primary

27 . Which systemis a way ofproducing signs that correspondto thewords in an English sentence,in Englishword order?

a) ASL b)using Signed English c) alternate sign lang uage d) Oralism2

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14. Speech thatis characterizedby sim plified wordsand sentence structures, repetition,frequent questions,andexaggeratedintonation.

a) caretaker speech b) true language c) morphology d) holophrastic

15. Children's utterances duringthe telegraphic speech stagecontain which of thefollowingparts of speech: a) adjectives and adverbs b) nouns and pronouns

c) nouns and verbs d) conjunctionsand prepositions

16. Whichof the following inflectional morphem esis almost always acquired last?a) regular plurals b) third person singular present tense"-s"c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

17 . Which of the following inflectional morphem esis usually acquired first?a) regular plurals b) 3rd person singular present tense"-s" c) past tense d) present progressive"-ing"

18. Children tendto overextend w ordsat first andthen gradually narrow dow nthe application of each word.a) true b) false

Second language acquisition19. A conscious processof accumulating knowledgeof the vocabularyan d grammarof a languageis called:

a) syntax b) acquisition c) assimilation d) learning

20 . Children seemto be more constrainedby affective filters in L2 acquisition than adults.a) true b) false

21. Thename of a barrierto L2 learning/acquisition (EX:fear of makinga mistake, stress) that resultsin negativefeelings orexperiences.a) negative input b) affective filter c) interference d) negotiatedoutput

22. Oneimportant difference between modern methodsof teaching foreign languagesand older approacheslikethe grammar-translation methodis:a) toleration of errors b) teaching grammatical rules c) learning vocab ulary d) practice

23 . Whichof the following foreign -languag e teaching methods em phasizes written rather than spoken langua) comm unicative approach b) audiolingual method c) gramm ar-translation method

24. A native speakerof English who is struggling to learn Russianbecause English marks grammatical functionusing word order while Russian uses inflectional endingsis experiencing:a) assimilation b) negotiated input c) positive transfer d) negative transfer

25 . Developing basic pragmatic skills, such as conventions of politeness, in a second language is called:a) grammatical competence b) sociolinguistic competence c) affective competence

Sign language26 . What typeof sign languageis ASL? a) alternate b) primary

27. Which systemis a way ofproducing signs that correspondto the words in an English sentence,in Englishword order?

a) ASL b)using Signed English c) alternate sign language d) Oralism2

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28. W hich system required deaf students to practice English speech sounds anddevelop lipreading skills?a) ASL b)alternate sign language c) using Signed English

29. In addition to facilitating interaction between deaf and hearing individuals, Signed English may help nASL speakers:

a) learn how to speakproficiently b) learn how to lip-read/

'c) Jearn how to read and write English d) mem orize English speech sounds

30. Which of the followingis not an articulatoryparameter of ASL?a) shape b) orientation c) location

31. The ASL sign fora.,given object always bears a physical resemblance to the object.a) true ,/b)/alse

32. There are no equivalent levels pf phonolo gy, morpholog y, and syntax in AS L.a) true h/ialse

Language history andchange

33. Sir W illiam Jones hypothesized about Proto-Indo-Europe an based on similarities between Greek, Latiand _ : a) Russian b) Spanish c) Sanskrit d) Celtic

34. Which of the followinglanguagesis most closely related to Italian?a) English b) Danish c)xSpanish d) Greek

35. Which termrefers to the sound pattern change u nderlyin g theconversionof "spiritus" (Latin) - "espiritu"(Spanish)? a) methathesis b) epenthesis /c^rothesis

36 . Whichof the following is not a commonly occurring changein the speech sound patternsof a languageover

time?a) voiceless consonants becom e voice d betw een vow els b) stops becom e fricatives

/ta))consonantsbecom e voiced at the ends of words d) deletion of final vowe ls

37. W hich termrefers to the sound pattern cha nge un derlying the conversion of"waeps -> wasp" an d"acsian -> ask"? / aymethathesis b) epenthesis c) prothesis

38 . hi comparative reconstruction,th e is based on thefact that certain types of sound-changare very commonand others are extremely unlikely.a) majority principle / b)/most natural development principle c) language conversion principle

Language variation and c ulture39. Theaspects of pronunciation and intonation whichidentify where-an individual speaker isfrom, regionally orsocially is: a) isogloss b) interlangua ge c)dialect /

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41. A varietyof language which develop edfo r som e practical purpose am ong grou psof people who spokedifferent languagesbu t often interactedis a/an:

a) idiolect b) mesolect {c^pidgin d) Creole

42. On the post-Creole continuum, the variety of language closest to the standard is:a) basilect b) mesolect c) aerolect

43 . Peoplefrom the 9th Ward in New Orleansor Chalmetteusuallyembrace andtake pride in the uniquenessotheir speech. (Rememberthe woman in the documentarywho said "W e don't haveto talk proper. W e have lovour words.") Thisis an example of: / \) jargon b) register c) overt prestige

~ ~ ~ ~ * * ^ .

44 . ^ tend to use more prestigious form s than from the same social background./ s J )women,men b)men, women< * ^ s

45. The specific linguistic systemof a particularspeaker is called a/an:a) accent b) dialect { c j)idiolect d) mesolect

46. The variation in language acco rding to use in specific situations (EX: religious, work).a) mesolect b) idiolect c) style /oM-egister

47. AlJ/irumanlanguages employ an arbitrary sym bol system/ ay true b) false

48 . Lingu istic determinism,in strict terms, claims that:a) thought and languageare notrelatedb).thought determines language

/cVtenguage determines thoug ht"^QJnone of the above

49. The Sapir-Whorfhypothesis stated that peopleof all cultures viewedthe world in the same way,only some culturesused lexicalized termsin their descriptions while others usednon-lexicalized terms,

a) True /b) False'^^iS *

50 . Two,sof the initial stagesin the adoptionof an official language include:aVselection &codificationD )acceptance& selectionc) acceptance & codificationd) selection & implementation

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